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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 8, 2021Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 5:46 PM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2021, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Sangamon County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 310 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

107 
WWUS83 KILX 082246
SPSILX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
546 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021
 
ILZ041-042-048-051-082315-
Logan-Sangamon-Mason-Menard-
546 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Menard,
southwestern Logan, northwestern Sangamon and east central Mason
Counties through 615 PM CDT...

At 545 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Sherman, or near Springfield, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Riverton around 550 PM CDT.
  Williamsville around 555 PM CDT.
  Cornland around 600 PM CDT.
  Elkhart around 605 PM CDT.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 55 near mile marker 92, and between mile markers 95 and
122.
 Interstate 72 between mile markers 96 and 98, and between mile
markers 101 and 108.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3972 8966 3987 8987 4022 8960 4004 8927
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 223DEG 47KT 3986 8967 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

SB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMcLean24 min
Aug 8, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMcLean30 min
Aug 8, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMorgan31 min
Aug 8, 4:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXMcLean2 hr
Aug 8, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMenard36 min
Aug 8, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXWoodford28 min
Aug 8, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Mason, Menard25 min
Aug 8, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell, Woodford46 min
Aug 8, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXSangamon31 min
Aug 8, 5:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMcLean3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.